Why It Matters

Why It Matters

The Challenge

Landscape rehydration is a key priority in agricultural areas around Australia. Dehydrated landscapes have been negatively affected by:

Soil erosion

Compaction

Loss of organic matter

Draining of wetlands

Continuing degradation of stream, riparian and adjacent floodplains, as well as slope erosion and land clearing has affected the resilience of our catchments and had devastating consequences on agricultural landscapes, biodiversity, water and soil quality.

Across landscapes, this has resulted in:

Reduction in biodiversity

Reduction in water and soil quality and quantity

Decreased resilience of landscapes during climatic changes

Reduction in productivity of agricultural landscapes

Reduced drought resilience and increased susceptibility to fires

Reduction in natural fertility

Diminishing resistance to weed invasion

The current state of Australia's valuable agricultural land is 60% degraded and continuing to degrade. The Mulloon Institute is helping to turn this around.